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Monthly Archives: November 2005
Best. I. D. Post. Ever.
Adam Felber delivers a great version of the incompetent design argument here. Just an excerpt from the masterwork: GOD: THOU SHALT TELL ME YOUR GRIPES! [Thunderclap.] STAN: Okay, okay. Uh… GOD: Go on. STAN: Okay. Putting the reproductive stuff so … Continue reading
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The Royal Society lays a big one
What are they thinking? The Royal Society wants to keep science off the web because it might hurt the society journals in some disciplines. Although I might have some sympathy for the plight of society journals, the journals that will … Continue reading
http://k3dsurf.sourceforge.net/
K3DSurf is a program for visualizing and manipulating multidimensional surfaces by using Mathematical equations. It’s also a "modeler" for POV-Ray in the area of parametric surfaces. It features 3D, 4D, 5D, and 6D HyperObjects visualization, full support for all functions … Continue reading
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The Tryptophan Myth
Happy Thanksgiving! I thought I’d post and give everyone some ammunition for the inevitable arguments with distant relatives over the cause of post-turkey sleepiness: Myth: Eating turkey makes you sleepy – discusses the sleep-inducing property of purified tryptophan, but points … Continue reading
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Incompetent Design
Seed magazine is going to be very very very good. Here’s their article on Incompetent Design Theory, and their great Force Diagram of Bill Frist. Found via Not Even Wrong [tags]magazines, science[/tags]
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Intelligent Evolution
Edward O. Wilson has a wonderful article titled Intelligent Evolution in the November-December 2005 issue of Harvard Magazine. It is largely an introduction to a new four-volume set of Darwin’s writings. In it, we find this beautiful quote from On … Continue reading
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Set in Stone
Our brand new science building has a long hallway with clerestory windows and wonderful overlooks of the hallway from the labs on the upper floors. The terrazzo floor, however, needs some decoration, so each of the three departments involved in … Continue reading
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Closed-source Apples?
One of our favorite new food finds is the wonderfully genetically-engineered variety of apple called the honeycrisp. Honeycrisps are crisp, sweet, slightly acidic, and very aromatic. They are about as close as you can come to a perfect apple, and … Continue reading
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Periodic Tales from the BBC
The BBC is doing a wonderful radio series on the periodic table called Periodic Tales. So far only ten elements have been profiled (He, Ag, Co, Se, O, As, Hg, I, Ni), but it looks like a great way to … Continue reading
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